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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Croon \Croon\, n. 1. A low continued moan; a murmur. 2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Croon \Croon\ (kr??n), v. i. [OE. croinen cf D. kreunen to moan. ?24.] 1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly. Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooned} (kr??nd); p. pr & vb n. {Crooning}.] 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self to hum. Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C. Bront?. 2. To soothe by singing softly. The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: croon v : sing softly
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